William Seward supported immigrants and immigrants’ rights in a time when America wanted to close its border to the poor and needy. To then give these ‘beggars’ the full rights of an American citizen was folly.

Did you know?

Williams Jennings Bryan–– House of Representatives, Secretary of State, orator, often called ‘The Great Commoner’–– lived in Lincoln Nebraska.

His statue, originally in Washington D.C., in the National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol, now resides

at the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward, Nebraska.

Did you know?

There are 32 rivers and creeks in Seward County.